Skirt.



J. GREEN LD.

KI APPLIOA nun OCT. 6, 1010.

1,072,381 Patented Sept. 2, 1913.

tlNl'ihlU @TATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB GREENWALD, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO GREENWALDBROTHERS, INCORPORATED, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OFPENNSYLVANIA.

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Specification of Il'ietters Iatent.

Patented Sept. 2, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

is it known that l, Jaoon Gnnnuwnm, of the city and county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful improvements in Skirts, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to a skirt, provided with an expansible waist band,and has for its object to render such a skirt launderable. Ordinaryelastic fabric or elastic tape is not hiunderable by reason of theinjurious effect of water upon the rubber contained therein, and inorder to overcome this difficulty, according to my present invention, Iimpart elasticity to the waist band of the skirt in the region of thegore, by the use of a removable elastic band.

in the accompanying drawings, Figure I, represents a skirt embodying myinvention. Fig. 11, is an enlarged view of the portion of the skirt inthe region of one of the goresl Figs. III, and IV, are detailed views ofthe fastening devices to be described.

The skirt 1, shown in Fig. I, is provided with a placket and with gores2, 2, each of which is filled with a triangular piece of light fabric,such as fine knit cotton cloth. The waist band is formed by a hem, whichis coincident not only with the filling piece of the gore, but with atleast a portion of the remainder of the Waist band, and through this hempasses an elastic band or tape Slits' 5, 5, are provided on the outerside of the waist band, from which the ends of the elastic tape project.Eyelets or similar openings 6, 6, are formed in the waist band uponeither side ofthe slits 5, 5. The elastic tape is provided at one endwith a permanent hook fastener 8, and at the other end, with anadjustable hook fastener 9.

In ordinary usage the elastic band lies within the hem, with its endsprojecting through the slits 5, 5. The hooks on the two ends engage theeyelets 6, 6, the adjustable hook being so set as to put the desiredtension upon the band to cause it to properly gather the filling of thegore.

W hen the skirt is to be laundried, the elastic band, with its twofasteners, is unhooked and withdrawn from the hem, within which it isreadily reinserted after the skirt has been laundried.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

A skirt provided with a gore; a hem eoincident with the region of thegore and slotted on both sides thereof; an elastic band freely andremovably contained within said hem; a fastening device permanentlyattached to one end of the band; a fastening device adjustably attachedto the other end of the band; complementary fastening devices attachedto the waist band of the skirt one on either side of the gore, andbeyond the corresponding slot in the hem, whereby said band may benormally inserted within the hem coincident with the region of the gore,with its ends projecting through said slots, and anchored to produce thedesired tension by means of the complementary fastening devices, butwith capacity for ready detachment and withdrawal for the purpose ofpermitting the laundrying of the skirt.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name at Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, this fourth day of October, 1910.

JACOB GREENWALD.

lVitnesses JAMES H. BELL, E. L. FULLERTON.

